Electric Toothbrush how do you use one?

[captainarchive]

I've just started using an electric toothbrush and it didn't come with any instructions about how you're supposed to use them.

Do you use one like a normal toothbrush scrubbing teeth in rows or pass the brush slowly over each tooth completing a whole sweep? I'm doing the latter, two slow sweeps front, top and inside.

 

[blue max]

You don't need to scrub like a manual one. The bristles do the the work, so just pass it along your teeth in a methodical fashion, trying to get to the same places as you normally would. The gum line is important obviously.

 

[Coffin]

As instructed I wouldn't press too hard

 

[Iccz]

Depends what toothbrush you have I'd imagine, though most are designed to polish/buff the tooth, so you should position the spinning/moving head on each individual tooth and angle it forwards and backwards to cover all of the tooth. Each tooth should get a few seconds for the front, the top and the back, you should still be spending around 2 minutes brushing your teeth.

 

[captainarchive]

Thanks all. Looks like I'm on the right track.

 

[wiz]

How To Brush Your Teeth with an Oral-B Electric Toothbrush - YouTube



As instructed I wouldn't press too hard

What he said. Stick it in ones gob and turn on

 

[Jules Winfield]

Don't go nuts, though. You don't need a lot of pressure to clean the teeth properly. I have to use mine on the "gentle" setting as I have eroded tooth enamel, which gives me terrible neuralgia when it's cold out (which is why I'm still wearing a scarf in mid-April).

 

[Coffin]

Not much pressure at all. I once used to apply too much and broke heads

I'm not sure what brand you have but the original Braun heads are horrendously priced, at c. £10 IIRC for a pack of 4 (high street/supermarket price)

You can pick up some equally good imitations from eBay at c. £2

 

[shodan]

Not much pressure at all. I once used to apply too much and broke heads

Crikey, you sound like a sadistic dentist...

 

[captainarchive]

Not much pressure at all. I once used to apply too much and broke heads

I'm not sure what brand you have but the original Braun heads are horrendously priced, at c. £10 IIRC for a pack of 4 (high street/supermarket price)

You can pick up some equally good imitations from eBay at c. £2

Let this be a cautionary tale. My brother bought a set of 4 brush heads for his Oral-B off ebay for five pounds something. The first one he used started to spin in a wonky fashion after a weeks use and the circular brush end came away in his mouth. The second brush lasted a little longer but on Monday it broke in his mouth and he nearly choked on the brush end but worst still a wire running through the centre of the brush end embedded itself in his jaw resulting in a visit to A&E. I'm sticking to the kosher ones.